Cooking utensil.



"' :srArEs PATENT; orsi-ont JOHN R. DONNELLY, oF FAIRFIELD, MAINE.'

` COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lfatented April 16, 1907.

Application filed 4November 10,1904. Renewed J ulyl'?, 1905. SeraLNo.268,73 6'.

To a/ZZ whom t indy/concern: e Be it known that I, JOHN R'. DONNELLY, a

. citizenv of the United States, residin Aat Fairconstruct .sucha thatit can be-quickly and easily put together field, in the county ofSomerset an vState 4oi Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a cooking utensil yof thatclass which isprovided with insulated walls; and the object of the'invention is toutensil in such a manner and so that thevcover and the b ody portionwill form a tight joint when put together.

I. illustrate my inventionb means' of the' accompanying drawings, in w'ch-.-v4

Figure 1 1s a central -vertical sectlon through the cover.

plan view thereof. .These dishes are designed to be -used for bakingbeans, pudding I like nature which requlre to be slowly cooked and areplaced in the oven where the heat slowly gradua ly cooks the contents.V

, tant to so unite the inner and outer shells of practically water-tightand valso so that the' hover will iit tight andthe 'edge ofthe bodyportion will be stiff and round'. 'It isd'also4 'e 'important toIadopt-a construction which which the parts-vare made s othat they willbe Imay be cheaply made by machinery.

" paper or felt between lthem and a cover constructed in a similarmanner.

' shell A, preferably taperin downward somev what, and an' inner shell4o ring f, of the dish completed bylturning outward.

My cookln -dlsh is composed of a bodyporf tion made fouble with. a layerof asbestos It has an outer iitting over the outer shell, with a spacebetween them, which vis lled with a layer D of asbestos in the form ofpaper orfelt. I connect ythese two shells at the top by drawing andbendingl the edge a of the outer shell inward and upward by a suitablerollingmachine, forming thereby an annular recess C. .The wire ring andthe u per edge of the shell A are held in place andp upper edge Fig.' 2is a central verti Acal section through the disk. Fig. 3 is a top y e'tight joint, and the and other'things of asses through the insulatedwalls andl It is imporl shel vof sheet' metal, the

.of sald tapering ring to hold them-in l and a sheet of asbestos paperor felt-held bef into which is slipped. the wire the upper edge b of theinner shell over the edge ofthe outer shell ing it firmly downto form abead.

A tight-tting insulated cover. is provided foriittln the open end of'the dish and is formed o a lower disk E, having a tapering sheet-metalring F resting against'its under ,so and the hoop and vroll-I side, an.outward-extendmg iange f being to Fut on themarket.

claimx. An insulated` cooking-dish consisting 'cfa bod portion having aninner V and an outer metal of the u per vedge of the outer shell beingdrawn and I ent inward and u vward to form an annularrecess, .a wirehoop tting over aidyed saidrecess, the upper ed e of t being foldedoutward an the edge of the outer shell e inner shell over the 4hoop andpaper or felt inserted between the innerl and outer shells and acoverfor said dish com osed of a lower sheet-metal diskfa tapering oophavlng' an outward-extending annular flange rest- -ing against the underside. of said 'd1sk, an

upper disk, the outer edge of which is'turned and the edge of thelower.A 65

6o mserted between the two to iit closely and make a v. i

whole construction is al practical and mechanically-perfect structure eand within so'. l

and rolled'down to Qform av tight joint, a layer of asbestos over edgevof the vlower disk and the flange place tween said disks. 7

in presence of two'witne'sses.

` Witnessesa I e S. W. BATES,

J. MAE WRIGHT.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature l i I ,JHN R.,DONNEI4LY;

